as in resented
to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages
I don't begrudge you your success—you earned it
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Recent Examples of begrudged
Shitty roads, shitty hotel rooms, shitty food, shitty promoters who begrudged them shitty dressing rooms and shittier sound systems.
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Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Alberto Mendoza hasn’t begrudged the attention his brother has received this season.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
After the game of a lifetime, few would have begrudged Guglielmo Vicario the chance to revel in his brilliance.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Nobody has begrudged Isak wanting a move to a bigger club with an immediate chance of more glory and money.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Bad Bunny wrote this as a somber yet urgent plea to protect Puerto Rico’s land and resources from exploitation—and the song features the sound of the coquí, a tiny diva of a frog whose chirps are beloved to islanders—but begrudged by clueless tourists.
—Suzy Exposito, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2025
Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Alberto Mendoza hasn’t begrudged the attention his brother has received this season.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
After the game of a lifetime, few would have begrudged Guglielmo Vicario the chance to revel in his brilliance.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Nobody has begrudged Isak wanting a move to a bigger club with an immediate chance of more glory and money.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Bad Bunny wrote this as a somber yet urgent plea to protect Puerto Rico’s land and resources from exploitation—and the song features the sound of the coquí, a tiny diva of a frog whose chirps are beloved to islanders—but begrudged by clueless tourists.
—Suzy Exposito, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for begrudged
resented
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But for the most part Walt resented these wartime necessities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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The letter writer resented that a friend’s teenage son was uncommunicative, seemingly rude and wore headphones at joint family dinners.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Begrudged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begrudged. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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